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Re: [Last-Call] Last Call: Moving RFC911 to Historic

Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3@gmail.com> Fri, 21 January 2022 17:34 UTC

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From: Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:34:22 -0500
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Subject: Re: [Last-Call] Last Call: Moving RFC911 to Historic
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On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 12:23 PM Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> wrote:
>
> Paul Hoffman wrote on 21/01/2022 16:38:
> > This seems like a lot of effort for no defined (or discernible) value to
> > the RFC-reading community.
>
> what's the long term plan with rfc garbage collection at the ietf?  To
> leave obsolete documents accrete indefinitely, or to implement some form
> of pruning, either ad-hoc or more systematic?

Why isn't the obsoleting of RFCs by later versions and the occasional
declaration of an RFC as Historic sufficient pruning?

Thanks,
Donald
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> Nick

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